Copacabana. The name brings to mind balmy nights, pisco sours, and long afternoons stretched out on the beach while people play drums on the sand. It’s almost just like that in real life. Except colder. At least in winter.

On our second day in Bolivia we traveled five hours by tourist bus from La Paz to Copacabana, a beautiful little beach town on the shore of Lake Titicaca. The plan was to trek six hours to Yampupata where we would catch a ferry to Isla del Sol, then trek another however many hours until we found a campsite for the night. It didn’t work out that way, but it ended up being perfect. I described the day in detail in this post, written once we had returned to La Paz, so I’ll let our photos fill in the blanks.

Are they llamas or alpacas? Your guess is as good as mine.

I don’t speak Spanish, so I couldn’t read the plaque underneath, but I’m guessing this dude is super important.